The Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ Cup semi-final featuring Royal Belfast Academical Institution and Coleraine Academical Institution will take place on Monday 28th February at Ravenhill. The Coleraine team won away from home in Round 3 against RS Dungannon, won with the last play of the game at home to Grosvenor Grammar School in Round 4 […]
Some big changes here. Very little separates many of the teams, the top 3 for example are probably joint 1st. This is repeated in various positions in the list. One thing is for certain, their will be one winner of each of the competitions. Cup, shield, trophy. The next 6 weeks before the final will […]
With the long awaited thaw setting in immediately after the Christmas period, a number of schools did manage to play games between Christmas and the New Year. Belfast High School entertained Portora Royal School in a game where the visitors were unlucky to lose their captain, Adam Farrell, in the warm up. The Enniskillen team […]
Campbell College and Belfast Royal Academy played in a midweek fixture at Malone Rugby Club on Wednesday afternoon. The Campbell College team scored an unconverted try, early in the game, through Shane Moffett to give them a 5-0 lead. Rory Scholes extended that lead to 8-0 a few minutes later when he converted a penalty […]
Get to know the players who will be taking part this Wednesday in the Northern Bank Schools Cup final. Thanks to the teachers and players at Ballymena Academy and Belfast Royal Academy we’ve been able to put together a brief fact file on the players of both teams which you can view below. Feel free […]
Tuesday 2nd March. Report from Ulster Branch, pictures from Colin Heyburn. Belfast Royal Academy emerged as deserved winners from the first of the Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ Cup Semi-Final games after their hard fought victory against a dogged Wallace High School team. The Belfast Royal Academy team was playing the more expansive rugby in the […]
With last Saturday’s quarter final Schools’ Cup and Subsidiary Shield fixtures having been abandoned due to frozen pitches, these fixtures have now been arranged as follows. NORTHERN BANK SCHOOLS’ CUP- QUARTER FINALS: Tuesday 23rd February Methodist College v Ballyclare High School Pirrie Park Belfast, ko 1.30pm Ballymena Academy v Friends’ School Ballymena Academy, ko 2.00pm […]